High Cost of Being Fat

Ironic that shortly after I post a recipe, I find this article about the cost of obesity. According to the CDC, the amount of money spent on health care for obesity or obesity-related illnesses was $147 billion.

$147,000,000,000!

Staggering. Just staggering.

More here: http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2009/07/the-cost-of-being-a-fat-american-147-billion-to-treat-obesity-in-2008-says-the-fed.html

The Wall Street Journal article is here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204563304574314794089897258.html?mod=googlenews_wsj